Professionalism and the Millbank Tendency: The Political Sociology of New Labour's employees [PDF]
This article analyses party employees, one of the most under-researched subjects in the study of British political parties. We draw on a blend of quantitative and qualitative data in order to shed light on the social and political profiles of Labour ...
Braggins J. +19 more
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Jeremy Corbyn : why the British Labour Party is no longer a safe place for Jews [PDF]
On September 12, 2015, Jeremy Corbyn was elected leader of the Labour Party despite his history of jumping to the defence of blood libellers and conspiracy theorists, his friendship with Holocaust deniers, and his political embrace of antisemitic ...
Klaff, Lesley
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The influence of women on the British Labour Party in the 1920s [PDF]
Der Artikel untersucht, in wiefern es die weiblichen Mitglieder der britischen Labour Party vermochten, den Diskurs der Partei in den 1920ern mitzubestimmen. Frauen wurden im Jahr 1918 in die Partei aufgenommen und traten dieser im Verlauf der 20er Jahre
Ruhl, Kathrin
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The 2017 Labour General Election Campaign: Ushering in a ‘New Politics’?
In many ways, the British General Election campaign of 2017 marked a return to ‘old politics’ with the reaffirmation of a two-party system and levels of voter turnout not seen in 25 years.
Emma Bell
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New Labour: A Witness History [PDF]
This article is the edited transcript of a witness history seminar which brought together high profile ‘insiders’ and ‘outside’ academic commentators to reflect critically on New Labour’s governance of Britain, 1997-2010.
Daddow, O
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Brexit, immigration and expanded markets of social control [PDF]
This paper explores the implications of EU citizens’ exposure to UK immigration practices currently operating on non-EU migrants in the wake of the Brexit referendum. This article draws on recent literature analysing the impact of immigration as a factor
Conservative Party +4 more
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Liberal market economies, business, and political finance: Britain under New Labour [PDF]
The extent and nature of business financing of parties is an important feature of political finance. Britain’s transparent and permissive regulatory system provides an excellent opportunity to study business financing of parties.
Bale Tim +35 more
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Van stichtelijke fraseologie naar redelijkheid. De PvdA en de oorlog in Vietnam, 1964-1973
The Dutch Labour Party and the war in Vietnam During the 1960s, many people demonstrated against the war in Vietnam. However, the Dutch government, along with most of the major political parties in the Netherlands, chose to ignore the vox populi and ...
F. Zuijdam
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‘I went with what I always do…’:a qualitative analysis of ‘Cleggmania’ and vote choice in the 2010 British General Election [PDF]
We use focus group transcripts from the innovative Qualitative Election Study of Britain dataset to provide insights into why ‘Cleggmania’ failed to translate into electoral success for the Liberal Democrats in 2010.
E. Carvalho, Franzosi, K. Winters
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Labour in a “cold climate”: devolution, unionism and the Scottish Labour party
The downward spiral of Scottish Labour’s electoral scores since the introduction of devolution to Scotland has led to a long period of soul-searching as it has questioned its organisation, ideology and identity.
Fiona Simpkins
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